Garment-hanger.



Patented May I3, I902.

J. JOHNSON.

GARMENT HANGER.

(Application filed Aug. 19, 1901.

(No Model.

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UNITED STATES A PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOHNSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.

sPEeiEIoATio forming part of Letters Patent No; 699,956, dated May 13, 1902.

Application filed August 19, 1901. Serial No. 72,530. (No model.) i

To aZl whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is afull and complete specification, suohaswill enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved garment-hanger for use in cupboards, closets, and other similar places; and the invention consists of a pivoted hanger supported beneath the shelf of a cupboard or closet and adapted to be swung out parallel with the front of the shelf, in which position the garment or garments may be conveniently suspended therefrom, and then swung back transversely of the shelf, in which position the garments will hang fully within the cupboard or closet, the free end of said hanger being provided with a segmental support.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, Figure 1 is a front view of an ordinary cupboard, the doors of which are open, said cupboard being providedwithmy improved garmenthanger, two of which are shown. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger detached from the shelf with which it is connected; Fig. 3, a transverse section of a cupboard and showing the hanger or hangers in diagrammatic view, the shelf being removed; Fig. 4, a front view of the device as shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown 'at' San ordinary cupboard provided with hinged doors 6, and at the top thereof is a shelf 7 and in the practice of my invention I secure beneath the shelf 7 two segmental supports 8,the position of these supportsbeing indicated in Fig. 3. These supports have a large segmental groove 9 in the top thereof, and the back or convex side of said supports is higher than the front side, and these segmental supports are connected with the shelf 7, so that two of the ends thereof are closely adjacent at or near the front edge of said shelf, while the other ends curve backwardlyand outwardly toward the oppositesidesof the cupboard or closet. Directly in front of the rear outward ends of the support 8 and close to the front edge of the shelf are pivoted, as shown at 10, two rods 11, and these rods are each provided with a knob or head 12, and these knobs or heads 12rest in the grooves 9 of the supports 8 and are adapted to turn on said rods, and wheneverit is desired tohanga garment on one of the rods 10 it is swung out into the position shown at the left of Fig. 3, and when the garment or garments have been suspended from said rod it is swung back into the position shown at the right of Fig. 3. I have also shown in Fig. 3 hangers 13 of ordinary form, with which in practice the garment or garments are connected beforebeing suspended from the rods-11, and in Fig. 1 I have indicated garments suspended in'this manner.

My invention is particularly adapted for use in flats or compartments, where a single wardrobe, closet, or cupboard serves for two people, usually a man and his wife, and for this purpose I employ two;of the devices herein specified; but it willbe apparent that one of said devices maybe used or two or more, as may be desired or as may be found necessary from the circumstances of the case. Constructed as herein described it will be seen that myimprovedgarment-hanger proper consists of segmental supports 8, secured to the bottom of a shelf or other support, and rods or arms pivoted at the center of a circle of which said segmental support forms a segment, the free end of said rod or arm being adapted to swing upon and be supported by said segmental support...

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- A 1. A garment-hanger comprisinga segmental support, secured to a suitable sustaining device, a rod or arm pivotally connected with said sustaining device at the center of a circle of which the segmental support forms a section, said rod or arm being adapted to swing in a horizontal plane and the free end of said rod or arm being adapted to rest upon and move upon said segmental support, substantially as shown and described.

2. A closet, cupboard, wardrobe or other similar article provided with a top shelf, a garment-hanger connected with the bottom of said shelf and comprising a segmental support, and a rod or arm pivoted to the shelf at the center of a circle of which said segmental support forms a segment, the free end of the rod or arm being adapted to rest upon and move upon said segmental support, substantially as shown and described.

3. A garment-hanger comprising a segmental support secured to a suitable sustaining device and provided with a segmental groove in the top thereof, a rod or arm pivotally connected to said sustaining device at the center day of August, 1901.

JOHN JOHNSON. Witnesses:

IVAR OLSON, ANTON CARLSON. 

